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Old 12-10-2016, 11:59 PM   #5
Ozric Jonathan
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My suggestion is not to go backwards and use a combi lamp Anita because they are just not good in any way! The whole idea of them is a huge compromise.

In regards to what power of halogen I would suggest the 50 watt would probably be enough over a table of that size. Of course your ambient temp is also critical to this. Your basking spot will be small but I'm guessing its a small tortoise so that's ok.

If you were able to point your halogen in a side angle way, you might be able to get your basking spot under the peak uv area but I don't worry about this. The little uv flood will spread its light nicely across the area and I don't think the tortoise will be short on uv.
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